In an update to this unfolding story, the Broward Sheriff’s Office has now issued an additional statement saying the 5-year-old girl who fell from Disney Cruise Line ship the Disney Dream was sitting on the ship’s railing.
Disney Dream – Disney Cruise Ship Overboard Incident
We previously reported earlier today that the child was not sitting on the ledge after the BSO issued a statement to CBS News Miami that the child “was not sitting on the ledge or being held up over it.” However, the detectives noted that the incident was still under investigation.
In a more recent statement from this afternoon, the BSO has now updated their statement of what they believe happened during this incident. According to their new statement, “a 5-year-old girl lost her balance while sitting on a railing and falling backward through a porthole.”
Along this same deck 4 walkway, there are some large portholes as well as the more standard railing. Like the railing, the portholes have some some short barricades to keep guests from leaning too far over, but they do not cover the whole hole.
The new statement also added that “After the girl’s mother alerted her husband, who didn’t see the incident, he jumped into the ocean to save his daughter.” The rest of the statement follows most of the information from our previous article. The father jumped into the water after his daughter fell and held her until crew members were able to rescue them. He reportedly treaded water for over 10 minutes.
The father and daughter were both checked by the ship’s medical staff, and they were both transported to a hospital once the ship arrived at Port Everglades. The father was reportedly hospitalized, though details of his injury were not revealed.
The statement added that personal details of the family are not being released for their privacy, but notes that they live out of state, “For the family’s continued privacy, detectives are not releasing their names, where they live, or the details of the father’s injury.”
The statement concludes with a paragraph that “BSO detectives have reviewed the ship’s security video, which corroborates the statements from the family and cruise ship staff. The investigation into this matter continues. This family is so blessed. It’s great to be able to respond to good news rather than what could have been a tragic outcome”
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